Hesham Mohamed Hadayet

Hesham Mohamed Hadayet (1961-4 July 2002) was a member of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya who carried out the 2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting, killing 2 people and wounding 4.

Biography
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet was born in 1961 in Egypt, and he was arrested in his home country for being a member of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group. In 1992 he immigrated to the United States, seeking asylum in America despite being a member of the Islamist Assad Eben Furat Mosque Association. In 1995 his asylum was denied but the letter was blocked by the post office and he was allowed to stay in America, working as a limousine driver from Irvine, California.

On 4 July 2002, Hadayet armed himself with two Glock handguns and approached the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), killing a customer service agent and a passenger. He shot at the crowd, but an El Al security officer knocked him down, and although Hadayet stabbed security officer Chaim Sapir, Sapir shot Hadayet dead.